Market coupling and the impact of cross border flows on the balancing of power demand

The paper presents the analysis of coordinated power flows in Central Eastern Europe(CEE) region (Germany, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia) interconnected by the AC power lines. Analysis is undertaken in two aspects technical and economic and covers the period from 1
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of January 2015 till 30
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of November 2016. The paper embraces comparison between planned and real (measured) power flows with justifying flow compatibility with the prices and checking market functioning. The paper relates to the loop flows in this region and analyses the impact of the PST commissioning on the Polish German border on 22
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of July 2016. The article is based on the official market data (planned flows) and atual values of the flow (real flows) on the cross-borders.